Italy 1930s-40s "Quaderni" (Exercise Books) Revenue Stamps

I recently acquired this 'stamp' in a mixed lot. I have no idea what it is, although I'm inclined to believe that it is some sort of trading/discount stamp or perhaps a ration coupon or some other type of cinderella.

It depicts a stylized head which seems to show Art Deco influences. I have no idea where the label originates from, and it has no text and inscriptions except for "2 – 8".

When I asked about this item elsewhere, no one was able to identify it although some suggested that the style is reminiscent of stamps from Latin America, specifically Mexico.

Can anyone identify this stamp/label please?



Edit: Title amended as suggested

Yes I can.........I saw it 3 days ago
I had it on my computer as "Sphinx" (name association)

I'll get "Agent Ransack" back to work, and scour my computer.
Be back soon.

Good old "Agent Ransack" you did it again !

Italy= "Marche per quaderni"




You didn't come here first ?! Tch ! tch ! naughty lad.

You have time, please adjust your thread title to something like
Italy Marche per Quaderni Exercise Revenue (or similar)
It can help other students in the future.
Thanks in advance.

Further Reading on SCF
http://goscf.com/t/66893

Thanks for the replies and for identifying this stamp Rod!

It's interesting that the Italians had a tax on exercise books - I had never heard about anything similar before. I researched a bit about these stamps and I came across this listing, which seems to be a useful reference:
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cbussoli/quaderni.html

I also looked through eBay and I found some exercise books franked with similar stamps for sale. I'm posting these two here for posterity:


https://www.ebay.it/itm/392322648803



https://www.ebay.it/itm/123825437717

I have amended the title as suggested. Can a moderator please move this thread to the "World Back of Book" forum since I think it fits better there?

½d yellow,
Great thread title, and, subsequent information...brilliant!
You have reached legend level in my estimation.

Rod222: From which book or magazine have you found this information?Page 721 sounds like a thick book = much knowledge!!

Yours Thorbjorn

Hi Thorbjorn,
apologies, I failed to record my source, as far as I can tell, it was just a sheet,
somewhere, I recall being exhausted searching for that stamp image.
It certainly was not from a book of any sort on the web.

There exists a smaller *.pdf of the type here
http://www.indire.it/lucabas/lkmw_f...da_bollo.pdf

Citation for Rod's original source:

2010 Meda, Juri, "Contro il tanto deprecato mercantilismo scolastico": I controversi rapporti tra produttori di quaderni, insegnanti e cartolai e l'intervento del regime fascista in School Exercise Books. A Complex Source for a History of the Approach to Schooling and Education in the 19th and 20th Centuries; 1; FIRENZE, Polistampa; pp. 507 - 551 (ISBN: 9788859607243)

Jill,
goodness me, how on ever did you find that?
Amazing.

Christmas present to myself, just arrived $20 AUD ($14 US)
Brand spanking new cond.

A Brief reconnoitre, suggests "Quaderni" is not addressed..